Yet another long water pump question...
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Burning Brakes
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Yet another long water pump question...
I have searched a lot of posts on here and elswhere regarding Corvettes and water pumps and have found a lot of confusing info, but then again I am easily confused. My question is, can I use a long water pump on a 454 block going into a '68 Corvette, or will there be radiator interference? Thanks in advance ...(and I apologize for what must surely be a redundant question.)
Pro
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the cross member in front of the harmonic balancer doesn't have clearance for the longer (deeper) pulley that would be required with the long-legged BBC water pump since the plane of the fan belt would be further forward.
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Burning Brakes
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The pulleys I have fit with the long pump. That is what I would like to avoid is replacing not only the pump but all the pulleys. (Water pumps are relatively cheap; deep groove GM pulleys ain't)
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Burning Brakes
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The 454 is not in the Vette yet. It was built for a '72 Chevelle but not installed. Now the plan is to install it in the '68 Vette, so I need to find out if it will fit in without interference anywhere or will I need to change everything to short water pump configuration before I attempt it. Should have made that clearer I suppose. But then again I was going for 'succinct' which I apparently accomplished at least. 
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I've got a long pump set-up in mine, the cross member will need some work (cutting and welding).
Motor driven fan will not work either.
Neal
Motor driven fan will not work either.
Neal
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Burning Brakes
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Thanks for that info. I posted earlier on here that someone had told me that I would have to modify the crossmember if I installed a 454 because the harmonic balancer would hit it. I bet they had that confused with the pulley set up on a long water pump. In any case I would rather swap everything out for the short pump configuration than modify the frame. Sure wish the economy was better; it makes it hard to sell this stuff on Ebay. Couple years ago I could have listed those pulleys for good money. Now they won't bring squat. Thanks again.
